Because words don't actually have "meanings", only "gists". Trying to get people to use the proper terms for things is just being pedantic and arguing semantics. Amirite?

I hope you're trolling.From M-W.com Clip 2: 2...also: a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm

Clip has been misused so much, it is now synonymous with magazine.

Deal with it.

So you're suggesting that we should accept that idiots have re-defined a previously well defined term because they enjoy being willfully ignorant and don't want to be bothered to use the correct terms? Sounds like an awesome plan!! You should go merge the separate wiki pages for "magazine" and "clip" - no need in having 2 pages for the same thing, it's only confusing to the masses.

Since we're giving up on using the correct terms for things, can we call them "scary-bang-bang-bullet-sheaths" instead? If you're going to go retard, you might as well go full retard...

GanjSmokr:Mayhem of the Black Underclass: GanjSmokr: lilbjorn: In before the annoying gun pedants, telling us they were magazines, not clips.

Because words don't actually have "meanings", only "gists". Trying to get people to use the proper terms for things is just being pedantic and arguing semantics. Amirite?

I hope you're trolling.From M-W.com Clip 2: 2...also: a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm

Clip has been misused so much, it is now synonymous with magazine.

Deal with it.

So you're suggesting that we should accept that idiots have re-defined a previously well defined term because they enjoy being willfully ignorant and don't want to be bothered to use the correct terms? Sounds like an awesome plan!! You should go merge the separate wiki pages for "magazine" and "clip" - no need in having 2 pages for the same thing, it's only confusing to the masses.

Since we're giving up on using the correct terms for things, can we call them "scary-bang-bang-bullet-sheaths" instead? If you're going to go retard, you might as well go full retard...

First, take a deep breath. Second, it's already happened. English is an evolving language. And if you can get enough people to say "scary-bang-bang-bullet-sheaths" , you can change the definition again. I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, I'm saying it happened. If it was because people didn't know the right word, or because gangster rappers rapped about putting clips into gats.I guess what I'm saying is, there is no need to be such a pedantic asshole, when the dictionary definition of the word disagrees with you.